The charts below show the proportion of expenditure by students, on average, at one university, in 2000 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The two pie charts compare the percentage distribution of student spending at a single university in the years 2000 and 2010. By far the biggest expenses are on food and utilities.

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, students spend significantly less money on clothing over the ten years. In both years, food and drink at home remained unchanged at 29%.

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, the proportion of the budget spent on holidays stayed constant at exactly 5%.

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, the amount allocated to utilities grew noticeably from 21% in 2000 to 27% in 2010, becoming the second-highest cost. There was

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a slight rise in transport costs, which ticked up from 8% to 9%,

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the percentage for eating out doubled from 4% to 8%.

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, the most dramatic drop was seen in clothing, where spending plummeted from 18% to just 5%. Meanwhile, the figures for sports and cultural activities remained completely steady at 17% in both 2000 and 2010.